Fights & Feuds

Candace Owens is blaming Ice Spice for inducing stupidity in the United States ... a reaction made after her ears got crop-dusted by the superstar rapper's new "Fart" song!!!

On the latest episode of her podcast, Candace moonlighted as a music journalist tackling Ice's new single and rated the track with a proverbial p-u ... nothing but stink!!!

Ice keeps it simple on the new track produced by her longtime producer RIOTUSA, rapping on the chorus ... "Think you the sh**, bitch? You not even the fart/I be goin' hard/I'm breakin' they hearts...Grrah!!!" -- a little too simple for Candace's intellect.

Candace didn't miss the window to throw more shade at Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion for making "WAP" back in 2020 ... still an all-time low in her book.

The political pundit also hammered HotNewHipHop's recap of Ice's "Think U The Sh**" -- for its glossy review, where they describe the song as a "bold declaration" to "establish dominance" and something about her "personal prowess."

Plenty of heavy-handed huff ... but one could say the same for CO's declaration Ice's lyrics are ripping apart society's fabric.

It's a fun song for TikTok ... at least for the time being.

Travis Kelce just teed off on Justin Tucker over their pregame altercation at the AFC Championship ... calling out the Baltimore Ravens kicker for acting like a "f***ing d***" and purposely getting in Patrick Mahomes' way during warmups.

Both sides of the tiff have continued to breathe life into the viral moment this week ... with Tucker, Mahomes and now Kelce weighing in on it.

Travis didn't hold back when discussing the spat on his "New Heights" podcast with his brother, Jason, on Wednesday ... saying he could tell Tucker was playing around, but the Chiefs weren't in the mood for tomfoolery.

Kelce explained there's an unwritten rule when it comes to specialists -- they make sure to stay out of their opponents' way when prepping for a matchup. But, Tucker didn't do that ... which rubbed him the wrong way.

"If you want to be a f***ing d*** about it, you keep your helmet and your football and your f***ing kicking tee right where the quarterbacks are warming up and they’re dropping, eyes are looking left and they’ve got a helmet down by their feet," Kelce said.

"If you’re not going to pick that up, I’ll happily move that for you."

Of course, Kelce proved to be a man of his word ... taking Tucker's helmet and tossing it away from Mahomes on Sunday.

Kelce apologized for his actions ... admitting Tucker winked at him during the altercation to indicate he was just messing around, but reiterated he was not in a joking mood.

"If you're gonna be a d*** I promise you, I can one-up you every time."

TikTok y Universal Music Group (UMG) están en las últimas horas de un enfrentamiento épico, que implicará que toda la música del sello será eliminada de la aplicación más grande del mundo, y ninguna de las partes está cediendo.

UMG emitió un largo comunicado el martes defendiendo su postura en el contrato, el que está a punto de expirar esta medianoche, en donde acusa a TikTok de relajarse y hacerse "asquerosamente" rico sin pagar lo que consideran "justo".

Es por eso que están tomando la posición de sacar la música de sus artistas de la plataforma, pues sienten que TikTok debe pagar más para licenciar sus canciones.

Universal también argumentó que han aplicado todas las contramedidas que hay para asegurar que sus artistas estén protegidos de suplantación de identidad por IA y ciberseguridad, algo que TikTok no ha hecho por la industria de la música ni por sus fans.

El sello Big 3 tiene una enorme lista de artistas, incluyendo Taylor Swift, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, Ice Spice, Rosalía y docenas de otros nombres que pronto se verán afectados, pero UMG dice que tienen una mayor responsabilidad que atender.

TikTok contraatacó señalando que el problema es la clásica codicia de las corporaciones y acusaron a Universal de fomentar una "narrativa falsa". Además, señalaron que tienen acuerdos saludables con los artistas con cada sello y editor.

UMG ha estado revisando sus cuentas de cerca. A principios de enero, Variety informó de que el sello se estaba preparando para despedir a cientos de empleados, principalmente en la división de música grabada. Así que, a primera vista, parece que se están apretando el cinturón en todos los frentes.

Russ, el rapero, ha estado hablando sobre la política de la industria desde que se hizo totalmente independiente hace un par de años y también está haciendo sus críticas diciendo que ambas partes tienen demasiado en juego para dejar caer la pelota a medianoche. Él piensa que la cruzada de Universal para proteger a los artistas es simplemente el lenguaje que están usando para apaciguar sus propios asuntos.

TikTok and Universal Music Group are in the final hours of an epic standoff that will see all the label’s music removed from the world’s biggest app … and neither side is budging.

UMG let off a lengthy statement on Tuesday defending their stance on their waning contract -- which is set to expire at midnight -- accusing TikTok of sitting back and getting filthy rich off their product without "paying its fair share."

That's why they're now taking the position of yanking their artists' music off the platform ... basically, they feel TikTok needs to pay more cash to license their tunes.

Universal also argued they’ve applied every potential countermeasure available to ensure their artists are protected from AI impersonation and online security … something they say TikTok has failed to do for the music industry and its fans overall.

The Big 3 label has a huge roster ... Taylor Swift, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, Ice Spice, Rosalía -- and dozens of other superstar names will soon be affected, but UMG says they have a greater responsibility to uphold.

TikTok snapped back at UMG, pinpointing the issue on classic corporate GREED … they accused UMG of spinning a “false narrative” and noted they have healthy 'artist-first' agreements with every other label and publisher.

UMG has been monitoring its books closely ... earlier in January, Variety reported that UMG was preparing to fire hundreds of employees -- primarily targeting the recorded music division. So, on its face, it appears they're tightening their belt on all fronts.

Russ, the rapper, has been speaking out on industry politics since going fully independent a couple of years ago and he's weighing in here as well ... saying both parties have too much stake in the game to drop the ball at midnight. He thinks UMG's crusade to protect the artists is simply code language to appease their own bottom line.

Former UFC champion Jamahal Hill was offered a plea deal in his domestic violence case, TMZ Sports has learned.

Prosecutors extended the deal to Hill earlier this month, according to court documents. As part of the proposed agreement, Hill would plead guilty to one charge of domestic violence ... in exchange for the dismissal of the aggravated domestic violence charge they had initially hit him with following his arrest in November.

Hill is expected to make a decision on the offer by a court hearing in March.

We reached out to Hill's attorney for comment ... though so far, no word back yet.

We broke the story ... Hill was arrested back on Nov. 27 after his brother, James Hill Jr., told police the MMA fighter roughed him up at his Kent, Michigan home following a series of arguments the two had gotten into over Thanksgiving weekend.

Cops say James told them Jamahal "sucker punched" him with a closed fist -- before hitting him a second time. Police said in court documents James sustained a swollen face during the altercation -- adding that he was also "missing a front tooth that he stated got broke when Jamahal assaulted him."

Megan Thee Stallion's beef with Nicki Minaj has invoked a famous law aimed to protect people from sex predators -- and the father of the girl it's named after isn't happy about it.

Richard Kanka -- whose daughter, Megan Kanka, was murdered in the '90s by a sex predator who, at the time, wasn't legally required to identify himself in his neighborhood, and who Megan's Law is inspired by -- is fuming over MTS casually dropping his daughter's name in "Hiss" ... the diss track that kicked off this new feud between her and NM.

He tells TMZ that Megan dragging his late daughter's name into the expletive-riddled song aimed at Nicki is as disrespectful as it gets, from his POV -- and he notes that MTS actually appearing to shed light on the law, which she does, doesn't change his sour feeling.

Kanka tells us that using his daughter's name in such a graphic/offensive manner was highly offensive to the pain his daughter and family felt ... and while he says he hasn't heard the track with his own two ears just yet, he has read the lyrics -- and it's still a no-go for him.

For the record, the lyrics in question are: "These hoes don't be mad at Megan [referring to herself], these hoes mad at Megan's Law" -- a reference Meg was using to take a shot at Nicki's husband, Kenneth Petty, who is a registered sex offender in New York.

A bit of a morbid history lesson ... the bill that turned into Megan's Law came into effect a month after the brutal murder and rape of Richard's 7-year-old daughter -- devastation Richard still lives with to this day ... so, understandably, it's a deeply sensitive subject.

He does admit Megan's music (rap) isn't his cup of tea ... so the only way he found out about it was when one of his kids told him. RK says he still chose not to listen though -- and instead read the "Hiss" lyrics to see what exactly was said about his daughter. Like we said, the guy still takes offense over it ... even though some see MTS's use of it positively.

There's also this ... Richard tells TMZ that the song left such a bad taste in his mouth that he's actually considering looking into his legal options to see if Meg's track went too far.

Unfortunately for Richard ... there's probably not much he can do on that front. Artists have liberties when it comes to wordplay/referencing big moments historically -- which is exactly what Megan did here ... so even though he's mad, a threat of legal action feels empty.

Anyway, this beef has only escalated since Meg threw the first shot -- Nicki's fired back with her own diss track, "Big Foot," and people have mixed reactions to it ... good and bad.

Caitlyn Jenner has a good thing going in her TV career, and didn't want a little cameo on her son's own show ruin that for her ... which is why she took steps to make sure it won't!

Sources close to Caitlyn tell TMZ ... Brandon Jenner has a new series on UnchainedTV called "At Home With the Jenners" and he's been kinda using her name to promote the project, without her blessing.

The show is 3 episodes in, and Brandon gave an interview to The U.S. Sun where he promised Caitlyn will appear on the show ... which isn't totally inaccurate, 'cause she was featured in a family dinner scene with David Foster and did, indeed, show up on camera.

The problem ... our sources say Caitlyn had no idea she was going to be part of Brandon's show whatsoever, and she wasn't happy when she found out he was using her for promotions, let alone when she found out she was actually *in* a scene.

We're told Caitlyn's attorneys reached out to the show's production company, threatening legal action if she wasn’t quickly removed from the show ... and our sources say she's since been scrubbed from all future appearances and has even been edited out of the episodes she was already shown in. If that sounds like kinda harsh, well ... there's big money at play here.

We're told Caitlyn's in the middle of contract renewals with FOX right now and she wants to keep working for the network as a Fox News contributor, especially with the upcoming Olympics and presidential election.

Our sources say Caitlyn wishes Brandon's show nothing but the best, but she's furious over how recklessly everything's been handled just to sell it. We're told CJ has no plans to join a reality show on a different network ... because doing so would potentially put her in a serious breach of her FOX contract, and she doesn't wanna jeopardize that.

Caitlyn called Brandon, we're told, when she found out what was going on, expressing her anger -- and it sounds like her son gets it, 'cause she's been scrubbed.

Lil Wayne's controversial comment about Drake getting unfair treatment as a light-skinned lad isn't all that controversial ... at least, from Kevin Gates' viewpoint.

As a fellow delegate of the fairer-skin nation, KG says Wayne's observation is not only valid, but folks like himself and Drizzy have it harder getting people to take them seriously!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Louisiana rap star out in NYC, where he was feeling the love from the Empire State, but said the light-skin hate isn't limited to just being rich and famous.

Wayne recently told Richard Sherman he has direct experience in the colorism debate -- he admitted he used to hate on lighter-shaded kids during his youth, but Kevin says he's made a habit outta laughing in the face of adversity ... so hate away!!!

KG's feeling mighty ceremonious these days -- he just released his 4th studio album "The Ceremony," but also addressed his promo photo shoot ... which folks called a little "zesty."

Benzino has some new insults for Eminem following Slim Shady's "Doomsday Pt. 2" snipes ... and just like she was on Em's track, Coi Leray's caught in the crossfire again.

Taking over Jay-Z's "Where I From Beat," Benzino released a new record titled "Vulturius" -- a play on his notion that Eminem is a supreme culture vulture -- and he didn't hold back one bit.

The song blasts Em for his past drug use and beef too soft for hip hop ... naming the times he dissed Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears.

Benzino turned the temperature up even more -- advising Em's ex-wife Kim Scott to sue Marshall in the same manner Cassie hit Diddy with a damaging lawsuit!!!

Plenty more potshots where that came from ... Benzino also teased the Detroit rapper for not "spinning the block" after his best friend Proof was shot and killed in 2006.

Even his own flesh and blood caught strays, as Benzino painted Coi as a closet rich kid with the line ... "And the truth, my daughter had a life that I never had ... Now you let the industry Willie Lynch, keep us divided."

Em made several gay jokes on his "Doomsday Pt. 2" track last week but Benzino turned the tables around and questioned Em's sexuality all the same.

Slim Shady's not known to be publicly on the scene with women like many rappers, and Benzino reminded everyone that Em and Joyner Lucas once attempted a stunt years ago -- with a track titled "What If I Was Gay?"

Nicki Minaj dispara de nuevo contra Megan Thee Stallion, con un track siniestramente titulado "Big Foot", una respuesta directa a Meg, que recientemente lanzó "Hiss"... aunque no ha recibido buenas críticas.

Sobre un animado ritmo de piano, Nicki se descarga contra Meg con referencias a su difunta madre y a su ex novio -Pardison Fontaine- pero se aseguró de abrir el tema devolviendole el fuego a Meg por la indirecta de "Megan's Law" al marido de Nicki, Kenneth Petty.

Nicki rapea,: "This lil' beggin' whore talkin' 'bout Megan's Law/For a free beat, you could hit Megan raw (Ooh) If you a ghostwriter, party [Pardi] in Megan jaw ... Shots thrown, but I still ain't let Megan score!!!

Claramente, "Hiss" de Meg lastimó a Nicki y Kenneth con la línea: "These hoes don't be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan's Law."

Desde entonces, Nicki ha estado tuiteando muchísimo, añadiendo varios mensajes dirigidos a la mamá de Meg, que también son mencionados en "Big Foot", donde introduce una sesión de espiritismo para rapear, "Acostada sobre su mamá muerta" varias veces.

Nicki también parece tener la impresión de que la presidenta del sello Roc Nation de Meg, Desiree Perez, está llevando a cabo una campaña para borrar su lugar en la historia y se jactó del hecho que su canción triunfó en iTunes sin "ninguna promoción".

Los fans determinaron que era una mentira, sus 72 horas atacando en redes sociales es la promoción más GRANDE de la historia, e incluso las fans más leales de Nicki han estado admitiendo que su Reina se perjudicó a sí misma.

Varios trending topics como "Stupid Hoe" y "Ahora Nicki" también han estado ardiendo en los medios de comunicación social.

Básicamente, la reacción de Internet está en contra de Nicki.

Nicki Minaj is firing back at Megan Thee Stallion in the form of a diss track of her own, the sinisterly titled "Big Foot" ... a direct response to Meg's recently released "Hiss" track, but it's not exactly getting rave reviews.

Over a bouncy piano beat, Nicki digs deep into her gossip bag and unloads on Meg with references to her late mother and ex-boyfriend Pardison Fontaine -- but was sure to open the track firing back at Meg for the "Megan's Law" dig at Nicki's husband Kenneth Petty.

Nicki raps, "This lil' beggin' whore talkin' 'bout Megan's Law/For a free beat, you could hit Megan raw (Ooh) If you a ghostwriter, party [Pardi] in Megan jaw ... Shots thrown, but I still ain't let Megan score!!!

Of course, Meg's "Hiss" ripped Nicki and her Kenneth with the line ... "These hoes don't be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan's Law."

Since then, Nicki's been tweeting up a firestorm, adding several posts targeting Meg's mom, which was also brought up on "Big Foot" ... where she introduces a psychobabble séance to rap, "Lyin' on your dead mama" multiple times.

Nicki also seems to be under the impression that Meg’s Roc Nation label prez Desiree Perez is running a campaign to erase her place in history .... and heartily bragged about her song climbing iTunes with “no promo.”

Fans determined that was a lie ... her 72-hour social media spree is like the BIGGEST promo ever and even Nicki's most loyal Barbz have been admitting their Queen didn't gag anyone ... 'cept herself!!!

Several more trending topics such as "Stupid Hoe" and "Now Nicki" have also been blazing social media.

Basically, the Internet reaction is ... back to the drawing board, Nicki.

Nicki Minaj no está bromeando con su bronca hacia Megan Thee Stallion, lanzando una broma sobre la madre de Megan que falleció hace unos años.

Esta es la cuestión, la rapera de 41 años, utilizó la plataforma de streaming Stationhead el viernes para lanzar unos dardos más en contra de Meg, la guinda de la torta de un día lleno de ida y vueltas entre las dos iconos del rap.

El despotrique comenzó bastante estándar, diciendo que abandonó a DaBaby y Tory Lanez en su propio interés e incluyó a su madre en esa categoría también.

Minaj luego amplió, añadiendo: "Será mejor que vayas a conjurar a tu madre y pedir disculpas. Eso es asqueroso".

La elección de las palabras es importante aquí, porque la mamá de Megan Thee Stallion falleció de cáncer cerebral en marzo de 2019, y Megan ha hablado un montón sobre cómo su madre la influenció.

Si volvemos al 2021, cuando aceptó el premio Glamour Woman of the Year con lágrimas en los ojos, dijo: "Quiero agradecer a mi mamá porque ella me enseñó a ser la mujer que soy", así que, este insulto de Nicki estaba destinado a pegarle a Megan más profundamente.

En cuanto a por qué lo dijo, Nicki pareció responder a esa pregunta en cierta medida, recordándole a los fans de Megan que su familia es constantemente un "foco" de la crítica, y ella está claramente harta de eso.

Como informamos, este round estalló cuando Megan, al parecer, hizo referencia al marido de Nicki, Kenneth Petty, en su nueva canción "Hiss", al mencionar la "Ley de Megan" que muchos interpretaron como una crítica a los problemas legales de Petty.

Nicki respondió sacando un rap que consiguió que "#Bigfoot" fuera tendencia en las redes, pero claramente quería hacer más que eso. Por cierto, los fans están un poco divididos sobre el comentario de Nicki sobre la madre de Meg. Aunque muchos parecen sentir que fue demasiado lejos.

En pocas palabras, esta bronca está empezando a ser muy fea y la pelota está en el campo de Megan.

Nicki Minaj’s not messing around in her beef with Megan Thee Stallion ... cracking a joke about MTS’ mother who passed away a few years ago.

Here's the deal ... the 41-year-old hopped on the streaming platform Stationhead Friday to take a few more shots at MTS -- the culmination of a day full of back-and-forth between the two rap icons.

The rant started off pretty standard -- saying Megan threw people under the bus like DaBaby and Tory Lanez ... and she included Thee Stallion's mother in that category as well.

Minaj then expanded, adding, "You better go conjure up your mother and apologize. That's disgusting."

The choice of words is important here ... cause MTS' mom passed away from brain cancer back in March 2019, and Megan's talked a ton about how her mother influenced her.

Back in 2021 -- while accepting the Glamour Woman of the Year award with tears streaming down her face -- she said, "I want to thank my mom because she taught me how to be the woman that I am" ... so, this Nicki diss was meant to cut Megan deep.

As for why she said it, Nicki seemed to answer that question to some extent ... reminding Megan fans that her family's constantly a "focal point" of criticism -- and she's clearly getting sick of it.

As we reported ... this round of beef popped off when Megan seemed to reference Nicki's husband, Kenneth Petty, in her new track "Hiss" -- making a "Megan's Law" reference that many interpreted as shade toward Petty's legal trouble.

Nicki responded by putting out a rap that got "#Bigfoot" trending ... but clearly wanted to make more of a statement than that. BTW, fans are kinda split on Nickin's comment about Meg's mom -- though a lot seem to feel she went too far.

Bottom line ... this beef's starting to get real nasty -- and the ball's in Megan's court.

Aquí vemos a Richard Marx despotricando contra una mujer en la audiencia que gritó cuando estaba tocando una canción, y él no se pudo aguantar y fue tras sus padres.

El cantante, que es conocido en Hollywood por ser un tipo bastante agradable, estaba interpretando su éxito "Angelia" cuando alguien en la multitud comenzó a hablar por encima de la música.

En el video obtenido por TMZ, se escucha a la mujer hablando lo suficientemente fuerte como para ser escuchada por encima de la voz y la guitarra de Rick. Tanto, que otras personas del público intentaron hacerla callar.

Rick parece imperturbable y termina su canción, pero luego aborda el asunto.

Es bastante épico, y dice: "Tengo una genuina curiosidad por saber quién te educó para pensar que cualquier cosa que pudieras gritar es más importante que lo que estábamos haciendo".

Entonces Rick dejó caer el martillo: "¡¡¡Aprenda a tener algunos jodidos modales, señora!!!".

Rick está de gira con Rick Springfield y estaban actuando en Port Chester, Nueva York cuando se produjo el abucheo, y Springfield estaba del lado de Marx.

Suena como que Rick Springfield ya ha lidiado con su cuota de gritones en los últimos años, y dio esta hilarante advertencia: "Voy a ir a tu trabajo y voy a orinar sobre tu escritorio".

Here's Richard Marx tearing into a woman in the audience who screamed out when he was performing a song ... he's not cutting her any slack, and going after her parents.

The singer, who is known around Hollywood as a pretty nice guy, was in the middle of performing his hit "Angelia" when someone in the crowd started talking over the music.

In the video, obtained by TMZ, you hear the woman talking loudly enough to be heard over Rick's vocals and guitar ... and other folks in the audience try to hush her up.

Rick seems unfazed and finishes his song ... then addresses the elephant in the room.

It's pretty epic, Rick says ... "I'm genuinely curious who raised you to think that anything you could yell out was more important than what we were doing."

Then Rick drops the hammer ... "Learn some f***ing manners, lady!!!"

Rick's on tour with Rick Springfield and they were performing in Port Chester, NY when the heckling went down ... and Springfield had Marx's back.

Sounds like RS has dealt with his fair share of hecklers over the years ... and he offers up this hilarious warning ... "I'm going to come to your work and I'm going to pee on your desk!!!"

El regreso musical de Justin Timberlake lo pondrá de nuevo en la contienda de la lista A, al menos, esa es la predicción que anhela su productor Larrance Dopson.

TMZ Hip Hop habló con el maestro de "1500 Or Nothing" el miércoles en LAX, en donde se refirió al nuevo álbum de Justin, un proyecto que ha escuchado de primera mano, ¡¡¡porque trabajó en él con Timbaland!!!

El año pasado, Justin bendijo a 1500 or Nothin' con dinero para una beca y su asociación condujo a la creación del álbum.

Les dimos la primicia la semana pasada, Justin Timberlake está listo para lanzar su próximo LP "Everything I Thought I Was", después de recoger todas las marcas registradas, y Rance promete que va a volver al juego con el álbum.

Justin le dio oficialmente el vamos al proyecto el viernes con el single "Selfish", que fue recibido con críticas mixtas en Internet, pero los fans estaban encantados con la interpretación en vivo que hizo en Memphis la semana pasada.

Rance también tuvo tiempo para defender a Drake después de que Yasiin Bey (alias Mos Def) lo echara de la sección del rap, declarando que su música era demasiado happy-go-lucky para ser clasificada como auténtico hip hop.

De acuerdo con Rance, Drake utiliza menos palabras que incluso el anfitrión más hábil y todavía atrae a una audiencia de tamaño pop.